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National Hockey League
In progress - Winnipeg Jets at Boston Bruins
In progress - Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders
6:00 p.m. - St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators
7:00 p.m. - Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
7:30 p.m. - Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators
7:30 p.m. - Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets
9:00 p.m. - Anaheim Ducks at Calgary Flames
National Basketball Association
Indiana Pacers 82, Memphis Grizzlies 81
New Orleans Hornets 114, Sacramento Kings 105
In progress - Minnesota Timberwolves at Atlanta Hawks
In progress - Houston Rockets at Charlotte Bobcats
In progress - Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks
4:00 p.m. - Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors
7:00 p.m. - San Antonio Spurs at Philadelphia 76ers
9:30 p.m. - Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls
10:00 p.m. - Washington Wizards at Portland Trail Blazers
Top-25 College Basketball
In progress - (21) Cincinnati at (3) Syracuse
7:30 p.m. - Georgetown at (24) Notre Dame
As of 3:35 p.m. (et)
NBA
The NBA will review the sale agreement of the Sacramento Kings to an investor
group that reportedly intends to relocate the franchise to Seattle. While the
NBA confirmed that the Maloof brothers have reached an agreement with a group
headed by Christopher Hansen, there was no indication from the league
concerning multiple reports from Sunday that said the new ownership group
would move the franchise from California's capital to the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle has been without an NBA team since the SuperSonics left for Oklahoma
City following the 2007-08 campaign. The Sonics were an expansion franchise in
1967-68. The Kings have been in Sacramento since the 1985-86 season after
previously playing in Rochester, Cincinnati and Kansas City.
Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao will miss the remainder of the
season after the team revealed Monday that the nine-year pro had developed a
blood clot in his right lung. Varejao was admitted last week to the Cleveland
Clinic and is currently being treated with blood thinners. He will remain on
medication for approximately three months, though is expected to make a full
recovery. Varejao had already been out since mid-December due to a small torn
muscle in his right leg that required surgery. At the time of the injury, the
6-foot-11 Brazilian was leading the NBA with an average of 14.4 rebounds per
game in addition to scoring at a career-best 14.1 points-per-game clip.
TENNIS
Roger Federer and Andy Murray remained dominant and unheralded Frenchman
Jeremy Chardy continued his impressive run, as the fourth round of the
Australian Open came to a close Monday. The second-seeded Federer notched a
straight-set win over Canadian slugger Milos Raonic and has yet to lose a set
in his first four matches, while the third-seeded Murray has had a similar run
and on Monday rolled to a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Frenchman Gilles Simon.
Chardy followed up his third-round upset of Juan Martin del Potro with a
victory over Italy's Andreas Seppi and will next face Murray in the
quarterfinals. Federer will meet seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who
prevailed over ninth-seeded Richard Gasquet in a battle of Frenchmen.
Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka were dominant women's winners Monday.
Williams made short work of Russian Maria Kirilenko in a 6-2, 6-0 rout to
start the night session at Rod Laver Arena, while Azarenka cruised to a 6-1,
6-1 victory over Elena Vesnina. Williams, who has dropped just eight games in
her first four matches, will next face fellow American Sloane Stephens, who
reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a hard-fought 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
victory over Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski. Azarenka's quarterfinal opponent will
be Russian veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova, a two-time major champ who outlasted
former world No. 1 and 10th-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on
Monday.
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